Hello!
So another quick update date! Yesterday we got another day away from work, we went to uShaka. It was super nice to get away and we had alot of fun! uShaka is a water park/ marine. And we actually went ocean walking with sting rays and fishies:D that was super cool!
But today was back to work again and i am feeling very wiped right now. It was a long crazy day!
Worked with the older kids this morning, was doing spelling with two of the girls that should be in school but arn't yet cuz they just got there. They picked it up so fast! Earlier this afternoon we took the older girls shopping in town adn get the clothing and under clothing that they need. It was a nice get away for them adn gave us girls time one on one with them which let us get to know them so much better! From there we walked to the afterschool program which went exceptionaly well again tonight! Then back again to the orphanage for two house forh help with dinner nad bed time, and then home for dinner at 7 and down time!!
Feeling very tired and kinda drained but we have the weekend some what off and hopfully i can get lots of sleep! I'm also at the point where i want my own bed and my own this and jsut thinking how nice it will be to get home. Which is a good thing, since i will be in 8 days! But it will be very hard to leave the kids here. Just thinking how im gonna say good bye to them rips me up. And leaving the weather here...in a way i don't mind when it rains and is yukky id gladly go....but on the nice summer evenings when the stars are out and i can lie on a nice green yard staring up at them....hmmm....that makes it harder!!!!
Well i should go....please keep praying for me and for my travels back to u all. Also keep the team im here with in your prays as three of them are really sick and some not feeling so great! Also as it is very bad timing since two of the sick people are flying out tomorrow for Uganda. Pray that they will feel refreshed and better in the morning!!
See u all soon
Friday, February 20, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
Back again!
Its 9:24 opn a Tue morning and ive managed to get on here quickly before a full day!
The weather is always up and down! Sunday it rained all day adn yesterday it was gorgeous and today it is ones again over cast! Sigh.....oh well! At lest it isn't raining yet! Yesterday was a super awesome day! Myself along with a few of the others here with me went through some of the kids cloths throw out the riped adn gross stuff and then went shopping and bought them all new stuff! One of the newer girls had no cloths of her own and she was soo happy!! After i had made her a cupbaord of her own and showed her the things we got....she jumped up and down screaming with excitment before i got a huge hug from here! It was such a good feeling!!
Then we helped open a bunch of boxed from the States! A boy of the age of 13, Owen, was the first kid to be adopted from eSimphew {sp} and he did a pj drive and managed to fill at lest 6 boxed of pjs and sent it over! Before yesterday none of the kids wore nor had pjs, the just slept in the same cloths they where that day! It was so great to see them all excited running around in pjs! :)
Today i am going to go through a few more kids cupboards and get them whatever they need! Ur donations are being used in am amazing way!!! Thankyou!!
Tonight we also have the afterschool program and i am really praying that it doesn't rain....so far every Tue adn Thur, our afterschool program nights it has rained:P not to much fun playing soccer and entertaining kids in teh rain all night! lol
Anyways i have to run! keep checking for updates :D
The weather is always up and down! Sunday it rained all day adn yesterday it was gorgeous and today it is ones again over cast! Sigh.....oh well! At lest it isn't raining yet! Yesterday was a super awesome day! Myself along with a few of the others here with me went through some of the kids cloths throw out the riped adn gross stuff and then went shopping and bought them all new stuff! One of the newer girls had no cloths of her own and she was soo happy!! After i had made her a cupbaord of her own and showed her the things we got....she jumped up and down screaming with excitment before i got a huge hug from here! It was such a good feeling!!
Then we helped open a bunch of boxed from the States! A boy of the age of 13, Owen, was the first kid to be adopted from eSimphew {sp} and he did a pj drive and managed to fill at lest 6 boxed of pjs and sent it over! Before yesterday none of the kids wore nor had pjs, the just slept in the same cloths they where that day! It was so great to see them all excited running around in pjs! :)
Today i am going to go through a few more kids cupboards and get them whatever they need! Ur donations are being used in am amazing way!!! Thankyou!!
Tonight we also have the afterschool program and i am really praying that it doesn't rain....so far every Tue adn Thur, our afterschool program nights it has rained:P not to much fun playing soccer and entertaining kids in teh rain all night! lol
Anyways i have to run! keep checking for updates :D
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Back again
Hey gues!! Our computer is finally up and running...for good hopfully this time!! lol
Things r going amazing. We had a few hard days with the team here and the staff there....some people getting angry and upset at others for unreasonably reason. But we managed to get through it and things are getting better! Today i was at the orphanage for awhile with the preschooler teaching them the alphabet. And then us four girls went out shopping for some new cloths for the girl toodlers. They were muchly needed. There cloths where dirty and old. I spend $150 of the money donated on cloths for them today!! And thats R 1295 rand, it was awesome tongiht to see them all in clean cloths they no longer look like helpless orphanes!! it was very amnazing!!
The staff is statred to like and talk to us and all around its truly amazing!! I just got back from the after school program that we have statred up!! We had 25 kids again tonight and they had a blast!! We do it every tue and thur night and on tue we had a guitar and spend some time singing....today some of the kids remembered and sang every single one of those songs we taught them two days again!! It puts a huge smile on my face!!
Its some time really hard!! In the last week we have had two new girls around 11 years old brought in. The one had been raped and doesn't speak english which is really hard! But she is starting to smile and responed. Tonight she falled laina around everywhere it was great to see! The other one we found in a house in the village taking care of her little baby brother. We found out that she lives with her aunt who beats her so they brought her to the pophanage where she is doing amazing and loves it there!!! Kids come and go thought...this week there is a chance of two of the kids meving to a foster home which would be amazing for them but sad for us. We'd no longer get to see them everyday! Simpeewi is a 3ish year old boy who holds my hand where every i go. It would be awesome to see him in a home and family but still sad. And Kayley who has just started to crawl this week!! I was the first one to see it!!!
So as u can see we are having a amazing blested time here!! Miss u all and really miss church on sunday! there is a very ncie church down the road that we go to which i really like. But its not like my home church!!
Keep praying i see it working in these kids lives.
Oh please pray for Tando a little gilr that just came in and will be able to be adopted if her tests turn out good, but right now she isn't eating very good! Please pray hard for this little girl!!!
I'll post soon again!!!
Janelle
Things r going amazing. We had a few hard days with the team here and the staff there....some people getting angry and upset at others for unreasonably reason. But we managed to get through it and things are getting better! Today i was at the orphanage for awhile with the preschooler teaching them the alphabet. And then us four girls went out shopping for some new cloths for the girl toodlers. They were muchly needed. There cloths where dirty and old. I spend $150 of the money donated on cloths for them today!! And thats R 1295 rand, it was awesome tongiht to see them all in clean cloths they no longer look like helpless orphanes!! it was very amnazing!!
The staff is statred to like and talk to us and all around its truly amazing!! I just got back from the after school program that we have statred up!! We had 25 kids again tonight and they had a blast!! We do it every tue and thur night and on tue we had a guitar and spend some time singing....today some of the kids remembered and sang every single one of those songs we taught them two days again!! It puts a huge smile on my face!!
Its some time really hard!! In the last week we have had two new girls around 11 years old brought in. The one had been raped and doesn't speak english which is really hard! But she is starting to smile and responed. Tonight she falled laina around everywhere it was great to see! The other one we found in a house in the village taking care of her little baby brother. We found out that she lives with her aunt who beats her so they brought her to the pophanage where she is doing amazing and loves it there!!! Kids come and go thought...this week there is a chance of two of the kids meving to a foster home which would be amazing for them but sad for us. We'd no longer get to see them everyday! Simpeewi is a 3ish year old boy who holds my hand where every i go. It would be awesome to see him in a home and family but still sad. And Kayley who has just started to crawl this week!! I was the first one to see it!!!
So as u can see we are having a amazing blested time here!! Miss u all and really miss church on sunday! there is a very ncie church down the road that we go to which i really like. But its not like my home church!!
Keep praying i see it working in these kids lives.
Oh please pray for Tando a little gilr that just came in and will be able to be adopted if her tests turn out good, but right now she isn't eating very good! Please pray hard for this little girl!!!
I'll post soon again!!!
Janelle
Back again
Hey gues!! Our computer is finally up and running...for good hopfully this time!! lol
Things r going amazing. We had a few hard days with the team here and the staff there....some people getting angry and upset at others for unreasonably reason. But we managed to get through it and things are getting better! Today i was at the orphanage for awhile with the preschooler teaching them the alphabet. And then us four girls went out shopping for some new cloths for the girl toodlers. They were muchly needed. There cloths where dirty and old. I spend $150 of the money donated on cloths for them today!! And thats R 1295 rand, it was awesome tongiht to see them all in clean cloths they no longer look like helpless orphanes!! it was very amnazing!!
The staff is statred to like and talk to us and all around its truly amazing!! I just got back from the after school program that we have statred up!! We had 25 kids again tonight and they had a blast!! We do it every tue and thur night and on tue we had a guitar and spend some time singing....today some of the kids remembered and sang every single one of those songs we taught them two days again!! It puts a huge smile on my face!!
Its some time really hard!! In the last week we have had two new girls around 11 years old brought in. The one had been raped and doesn't speak english which is really hard! But she is starting to smile and responed. Tonight she falled laina around everywhere it was great to see! The other one
Things r going amazing. We had a few hard days with the team here and the staff there....some people getting angry and upset at others for unreasonably reason. But we managed to get through it and things are getting better! Today i was at the orphanage for awhile with the preschooler teaching them the alphabet. And then us four girls went out shopping for some new cloths for the girl toodlers. They were muchly needed. There cloths where dirty and old. I spend $150 of the money donated on cloths for them today!! And thats R 1295 rand, it was awesome tongiht to see them all in clean cloths they no longer look like helpless orphanes!! it was very amnazing!!
The staff is statred to like and talk to us and all around its truly amazing!! I just got back from the after school program that we have statred up!! We had 25 kids again tonight and they had a blast!! We do it every tue and thur night and on tue we had a guitar and spend some time singing....today some of the kids remembered and sang every single one of those songs we taught them two days again!! It puts a huge smile on my face!!
Its some time really hard!! In the last week we have had two new girls around 11 years old brought in. The one had been raped and doesn't speak english which is really hard! But she is starting to smile and responed. Tonight she falled laina around everywhere it was great to see! The other one
Friday, February 6, 2009
Fianlly there!!!
Hey everyone sorry it took so long to get on here! We didn't get the computer up adn running until now :\ But we got here safly and are loving!! our house is amazingly and the veiw is amazing!!! Oh flights all went good too!! Everything is walking distance from here....so im doing lots of walking which i love!! Everyone i live here with are amazing too!!! Get along great with everyone!!
Today we started a schedule at the orphanage whihc was nice but tiring.....
And yesterday we went adn started a after school program in the community!! So that was super awesome!!
Well sorry i can' tell u more but we have a line up here....lol 8 ppl living in a house trying to survive without a computer :S lol
Keep praying for us!! Things have gone amazing so far!!! Miss everyone lots and i will write more soon!!!
Janelle
Today we started a schedule at the orphanage whihc was nice but tiring.....
And yesterday we went adn started a after school program in the community!! So that was super awesome!!
Well sorry i can' tell u more but we have a line up here....lol 8 ppl living in a house trying to survive without a computer :S lol
Keep praying for us!! Things have gone amazing so far!!! Miss everyone lots and i will write more soon!!!
Janelle
Friday, January 30, 2009
Down to one day!
So its now the final day before i leave!! Yes the nerves have set in. As of yesterday i have been worried about forgetting stuff and all that fun!
I think im finished packing but theres always last minute things to throw in as you walk out the door!! This afternoon my parents have to meet with a lawyer to get a signerture to say we cane travel without an adult on the return trip. We didn't find this out until yesterday so that was pretty crazy!!
Tonight my parents are taking Laina and I out for dinner so that will be nice! Then tomorrow we'll be up bright and early.......well we may be up all night! But either way we'll be up early. Say a few more good byes and off we'll go! We're meetin with the group for prayer time before we head to the airport. Our plane takes off at 10 A.M and we'll arrive in Richmond {the town our house is in} around 7:30 P.M, South Africa time if i remember correctly. We will be 7ish hours ahead!
I am still very excited!!!!! :D
I think im finished packing but theres always last minute things to throw in as you walk out the door!! This afternoon my parents have to meet with a lawyer to get a signerture to say we cane travel without an adult on the return trip. We didn't find this out until yesterday so that was pretty crazy!!
Tonight my parents are taking Laina and I out for dinner so that will be nice! Then tomorrow we'll be up bright and early.......well we may be up all night! But either way we'll be up early. Say a few more good byes and off we'll go! We're meetin with the group for prayer time before we head to the airport. Our plane takes off at 10 A.M and we'll arrive in Richmond {the town our house is in} around 7:30 P.M, South Africa time if i remember correctly. We will be 7ish hours ahead!
I am still very excited!!!!! :D
Thursday, January 22, 2009
My room is a tornado zone!!
Between packing for my self, packing a bag for the kids, all the boxes of stuff i have for the kids, and still living in it, my room is the messiest i have ever seen it!
Packing i've found is really hard and i actually don't really like it all that much. Ya when u first start it is fun....but there is no way to finish until the day you leave! So if you start early....your stuck with half packed bags and piles of everything lieing around your room. Its a constint job, even thought your hardly doing anything and it never seems to end because .....it never does!!!
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Today is also shopping day! Heading out to finish filling those bags, we still have stuff coming from a few different people but time is running out for us to have time to go. So today is the day!
Its going to be fun!!
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Only 9 days to go.....i am soo ready to go { even tho im not done packing} but like i say alot im not ready to leave here either! lol leaving will be hard but once i'm gone :D i'm not looking back...well for at least a couple hours :D
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Packing i've found is really hard and i actually don't really like it all that much. Ya when u first start it is fun....but there is no way to finish until the day you leave! So if you start early....your stuck with half packed bags and piles of everything lieing around your room. Its a constint job, even thought your hardly doing anything and it never seems to end because .....it never does!!!
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Today is also shopping day! Heading out to finish filling those bags, we still have stuff coming from a few different people but time is running out for us to have time to go. So today is the day!
Its going to be fun!!
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Only 9 days to go.....i am soo ready to go { even tho im not done packing} but like i say alot im not ready to leave here either! lol leaving will be hard but once i'm gone :D i'm not looking back...well for at least a couple hours :D
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Counting down the days
Well we are down to 18 days. Wow.....
Every day laina undates me on the count down. lol that way i don't haev to remember!!
Its crazy thinking about everything need to get done before its time to go. Yesterday i was kinda super stressed and just really wanted one day where no one talking about and i didn't have to think about it. But it was a bad day :) I am excited again today!!
On friday some of the ppl we are traveling with are getting together one more time to hang out before we head off to africa together to live with eachother! I really hope we get along....i'm not to worried though.
Looking in to my closet gets me excited i have bas of stuff for the kids to bring and as i get the bags they keep being thrown into the closet and yea...it gets me excited! People have been great with giving us things!
And i'll be going shopping some time in the next week adn a half with some cousins to go crazy and get stuff!! Its going to be fun!!
Well that is my update for now!! take care all
Every day laina undates me on the count down. lol that way i don't haev to remember!!
Its crazy thinking about everything need to get done before its time to go. Yesterday i was kinda super stressed and just really wanted one day where no one talking about and i didn't have to think about it. But it was a bad day :) I am excited again today!!
On friday some of the ppl we are traveling with are getting together one more time to hang out before we head off to africa together to live with eachother! I really hope we get along....i'm not to worried though.
Looking in to my closet gets me excited i have bas of stuff for the kids to bring and as i get the bags they keep being thrown into the closet and yea...it gets me excited! People have been great with giving us things!
And i'll be going shopping some time in the next week adn a half with some cousins to go crazy and get stuff!! Its going to be fun!!
Well that is my update for now!! take care all
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